Freda L. Wolfson

Freda L. Wolfson

Judge Freda Linsenbaum Wolfson serves as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Prior to her appointment to the court, she worked at the firms Lowenstein, Sandler, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan and Clapp & Eisenberg.

Wolfson was appointed on August 1, 2002, and confirmed by the United States Senate on November 14, 2002. [cite web |url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/nominations/1699.html |title=Presidential Nomination: Freda Linsenbaum Wolfson |publisher=The White House |accessdate=2008-01-23]

In 2003, Wolfson ruled in favor of Blair Hornstine in a disability discrimination lawsuit seeking to block her school district from changing their policy on awarding valedictory honors. [cite court
litigants=Hornstine v. Township of Moorestown
vol=263
reporter=F.Supp.2d
opinion=887
court=D.N.J.
date=2003-05-08
url=http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/fed/html/ca03-1953-1.html
]

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